Milk, No Sugar

Issue #366

💡Think

Hey everyone 👋

I’m back from a few weeks in India, and to the surprise of probably nobody, the food was consistently excellent.

I’ve been thinking about tech hiring a lot recently, in the way that it’s pretty broken. For the creative side, there is such a heavy reliance on people to prove their worth via presentations and “case studies”, which cater incredibly well to particular experiences.

The reality is that a vast majority of creatives aren’t proud of the work they are asked to do, but are stuck in the machine of case study management, trying to fudge narratives for other people’s ideas.

As a result, people are often forced to work on their own side projects in order to create that pride that lacks in the formal workplace. This is a broken rhythm, and I think there’s an opportunity to fix it with a shake up of what job applications look like.

I might make something.

Have a great week,
Luis

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📷 Look

Pondicherry, India

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📖 Read

❶ 20 years of Gmail

Do you remember your first email account? Was it an embarrassing one? I remember starting out with Hotmail, but then flipping over to Gmail to feel in some way more professional. Here’s a zippy article talking about just how much impact Gmail had on email.

Read this article

❷ Who cares about tech regulation?

It’s pretty juicy, because when we think about true innovation it can often mean rule breaking. Uber is the clearest example to me, where they bulldozed their way to success, which wouldn’t have been possible in a more regulated market. I don’t think regulation is a bad thing by the way, but we have to figure out how both innovation and regulation can be true.

Read this article

❸ The power of changing your mind

This is a discussion on propaganda and the in/ability for us to change our perspective based on our surroundings and state of mine. I do firmly believe that a willingness to change your mind is a superpower, effectively taking “growth mindset” to level 11 is a way to keep the engine of learning moving at high speed.

Read this article

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Bonus round

• Spotify’s annual music economics report aka how much are artists earning?

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🎧 Listen

…has left the chat

This is a podcast series about private social media, specifically messaging groups like WhatsApp. We’ve all become accustomed to joining infinite groups on these apps, with floods of messages to wade through. What cultures have been created with chat, how are we adapting to this level of information overload? I really enjoyed this series, I think you will too. P.s. there’s some nostalgia in here when they talk about MSN.

Listen to this podcast series
Spotify – Apple Podcasts

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Have a great week,
@disco_lu